New Jumbo Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in San Francisco

This is one of those places where it's more about quantity than quality. A lot of the dishes were huge, and we had a good amount of leftovers to take home. The food in general was ok - nothing outstanding but nothing horribly awful.

Appetizer Combo - It's one of those plates with the jellyfish, pork shank, and sliced beef. I liked how they mixed pickled radishes, carrots, and cilantro with the pork shank. It was like a banh mi without the bread. The sliced beef was pretty tasty, too. I could taste the five spice used in the braising liquid, which made the beef tender and sweet. Jellyfish wasn't good, and was just bland.

Fish Maw and Sea Cucumber Soup - Pretty good. In addition to the sweet seafood flavors, there was a good amount of Jinhua Ham that added saltiness and umami. The soup was a little too starchy, but the flavor wasn't bad.

Braised Fish Maw and Sea Cucumber - I don't think I've ever seen so much fish maw on one plate before. There was sooo much of it piled in the middle mixed with some sea cucumber, shiitake mushrooms, and other various edible fungi. Some of the fish maw was undercooked so it was a little more rubbery. The flavor was still ok. The mushrooms and fungi helped put the seafood flavor at the forefront.

Lobster with Supreme Broth - The lobster was cooked well. It was smooth with a firm bite but wasn't tough or too chewy. The sauce could've been seasoned better to bring out the lobster's flavor, but it was still decent.

Stir Fried Sticky Rice (Loh Mai Fan) - I really liked that there's a lot of goodies mixed in with the rice. It was packed with dried shrimp, Chinese cured bacon, and Chinese sausage. This gave the rice a lot of highlighting flavors, but the rice itself could've been more savory. Just a little more basic seasonings like soy sauce and sugar would've made the rice that much better.

New Jumbo works well as local neighborhood dinner spot. This will never be a place that non-locals or hipsters seek out. It's one of those restaurants that's there when you don't feel...

I honestly didn't have high hopes for this place because it's a traditional Chinese restaurant, so if the food here is good, the service is usually so-so, but this restaurant's food and service were both great!

We got here a little before opening and there were several groups of people waiting already! We were told this place was good, but we had no idea it was this popular. We seated ourselves since the restaurant was still working on setting up, but we were quickly served and our orders were quickly taken. My mom and my aunt ordered, so I unfortunately cannot name exactly what we got, but we got fried rice, soup (I've had this soup before, it is a darker color with a tangy taste to it), a veggie dish, spare ribs dish and a lobster dish. All of the dishes were delicious. I am normally not obsessed with fried rice, but the fried rice was amazing here! It is a darker color and it is very flavorful and a perfect texture of chewiness.

At the end, the servers even took away our dishes to box up all the leftovers for us, including the soup!

The restaurant from the outside looks narrow, but it is pretty deep with plenty of tables. I cannot speak for the parking situation since we walked there, but I'm confident you can find free street...

Rudest female owner. She screamed at you if you asked her a question whether it’s about a charge or how long to wait for a table. It’s very small and has very limited tables. I overheard a conversation between her and a customer who asked why she charged $2 per person to have brought in birthday cake served in the restaurant. She yelled : of course because she had to provide plates and forks! After waiting for half an hour, we ordered half size steam chicken which was served cold 🥶, a steam black bass, spare ribs, roasted pigeon , a traditional Cantonese soup, and Chinese broccoli with garlic. Food were served out to table with an astonishing speed as if everything had been precooked behind the scenes. General speaking, food tasted good except the cold chicken. But I got severe stomach upset 30 minutes after the meal. Ran to restroom non stop and still have stomach problem after two days! Wonder if it’s chicken or the fish or whatever?!🤣😰🤬🤢🤮 Will not recommend...